Closed consultation

Electric vehicle charging: changes to permitted development rights

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 26 November 2025

Applies to England

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Summary

Changes to permitted development rights to support the installation of electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

This consultation ran from
8:30am on 14 November 2025 to 11:59pm on 21 January 2026

Consultation description

Permitted development rights (PDRs) allow certain building works to be carried out without the need to submit a planning application, streamlining processes and reducing costs for property owners and developers.

The government has already made changes to PDRs to support the deployment of electric vehicle (EV) chargepoints.

This consultation asks about further proposed changes to PDRs to allow for: 

• multiple units of equipment housing or storage units for electric vehicle chargepoints in non-domestic, off-street car parks 
• the installation of cross-pavement solutions and associated domestic chargepoints

Documents

Changes to various permitted development rights for EV charging

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Published 26 November 2025